Henry B. Anthony

Henry Bowen Anthony (1 April 1815-2 September 1884) was Governor of Rhode Island (W) from 1 May 1849 to 6 May 1851 (succeeding Elisha Harris and preceding Philip Allen) and a US Senator (R) from 4 March 1859 to 2 September 1884 (succeeding Allen and preceding William P. Sheffield).

Biography
Henry Bowen Anthony was born in Coventry, Rhode Island in 1815, and he became editor of the Providence Journal in 1838. He was a conservative, supporting law and order, property requirements for voting, and restrictions on the political power of immigrants, and he served as Governor from 1849 to 1851 and as a US Senator from 1859 to 1884. Initially conciliatory toward the Confederate secessionists during the American Civil War, he was a strong supporter of the war effort. He died in 1884.